Shota Kiyohara is a racing driver from Japan who last raced in Super GT for Tomei Sports. Kiyohara has recorded 0 wins and 0 podiums from 3 starts.[1]
A Racer Rating of 3,275 ranks Kiyohara 6876th of 40,349 indexed drivers, on an Elo scale where the strongest reach the high 8,000s. It is built from every indexed race in the driver's file, decayed for time since their last race.
| 2016-08-27 | Suzuka GT300 | P12 | +69 |
| 2016-07-23 | Sugo GT300 | P12 | +75 |
| 2016-05-03 | Fuji GT300 | P16 | +39 |
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | ▸Super GT | Tomei Sports | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P20 | +1,980 | 3,330 |
| Rival | Rating | Raced | Ahead | Behind | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇯🇵 Kazuki HiramineFIA Gold | 5,852 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 33% |
| 🇯🇵 Haruki KurosawaFIA Gold | 5,373 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 67% |
| 🇯🇵 Nobuteru TaniguchiFIA Silver | 5,252 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 33% |
| 🇯🇵 Tatsuya KataokaFIA Gold | 5,151 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 33% |
| 🇯🇵 Björn Wirdheim | 5,099 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 67% |
| 🇯🇵 Hiroki YoshidaFIA Silver | 5,094 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 100% |
| 🇯🇵 Yuya MotojimaFIA Silver | 5,085 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 67% |
| 🇯🇵 Naoya GamouFIA Gold | 4,995 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 67% |
| 🇯🇵 Kazuki Hoshino | 4,795 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0% |
| 🇯🇵 Hiroki KatohFIA Bronze | 4,684 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 67% |
| 🇯🇵 Tadasuke MakinoFIA Gold, 1× champion | 6,741 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100% |
| 🇯🇵 Kenta YamashitaFIA Platinum, 3× champion | 6,403 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100% |
| # | Driver | Series | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6,866 | 🇺🇸 Eric Nascimento | ARCA Menards West | 3,276 |
| 6,867 | 🇺🇸 Ethan Carney | British F4 | 3,276 |
| 6,868 | 🇺🇸 Jonathan Hirshberg | 24H Series | 3,276 |
| 6,869 | 🇭🇺 Walter Csaba | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 3,276 |
| 6,870 | 🇦🇺 Adrian Deitz | Bathurst 12 Hour | 3,275 |
| 6,871 | 🏳️ Bi Huang Zhou | GT World Challenge Asia | 3,275 |
| 6,872 | 🇺🇸 Clayton Weatherman | ARCA Menards Series | 3,275 |
| 6,873 | 🇦🇺 Grant Denyer | Bathurst 12 Hour | 3,275 |
| 6,874 | 🇦🇺 Marc Cini | Bathurst 12 Hour | 3,275 |
| 6,875 | 🏳️ Russell McDonough | IMSA Pilot Challenge | 3,275 |
| 6,876 | 🇯🇵 Shota Kiyohara | Super GT | 3,275 |
| 6,877 | 🏳️ T. D'Alberto | Bathurst 12 Hour | 3,275 |
| 6,878 | 🇺🇸 Hunter Wright | ARCA Menards East | 3,274 |
| 6,879 | 🏳️ Michael Borden | SCCA Regionals | 3,274 |
| 6,880 | 🇺🇸 Phil Saville | Star Mazda Championship | 3,274 |
| 6,881 | 🇬🇧 Simon Watts | British GT Championship | 3,274 |
| 6,882 | 🇺🇸 Steve Dunn | International GT | 3,274 |
| 6,883 | 🇺🇸 Tyler Tanner | NASCAR Truck | 3,274 |
| 6,884 | 🇲🇾 Adrian D'Silva | GT World Challenge Asia | 3,273 |
| 6,885 | 🇺🇸 Andrew Heffring | Lamborghini Super Trofeo NA | 3,273 |
| 6,886 | 🇺🇸 Bill Catania | ARCA Menards Series | 3,273 |
Shota Kiyohara is an entry-level professional racing in Super GT, Japan's multiclass endurance championship. He drove the GT300 class, which fields a mix of FIA GT3 cars and Japanese-built GT300 specials, for Tomei Sports in 2016. His career on record consists of three starts across a single season.[1]
Kiyohara finished 20th in the championship standings in 2016. His three races across that season placed him among a mixed field of amateurs and semi-professional entrants alongside established professionals. He finished ahead of Haruki Kurosawa, a Gold-graded driver and 2018 Super GT GT300 champion with 98 Super GT starts to his name. He also beat Kenta Yamashita once, a Platinum-graded driver and three-time Super GT GT500 champion with 79 Super GT starts. Against the regulars he faced most often, he usually finished behind Kazuki Hiramine, the 2022 Super GT GT500 champion and another Gold-graded professional with 89 Super GT entries.[2]